from beneath that dais which had sheltered Louis XIV. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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Then came the thirde company, And gan up to the dais to hie. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

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Dorian Gray stepped up on the dais with the air of a young Greek martyr, and made a little moue of discontent to Lord Henry, to whom he had rather taken a fancy. - from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde